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A smiling, red-headed six-year-old girl prepares for her upcoming math exam by using playing cards to practice multiplication and addition. She attends a Save the Children SummerBoost Camp in Tennessee. SummerBoost provides children with a full day of activities that build skills and knowledge and encourage success in school. Photo credit: Victoria Zegler/Save the Children, June 2017.
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This 12-year-old girl with a maroon head scarf and soulful eyes lives in the Anjar Refugee Camp in Lebanon. Like many children, she’s forced to work to help support her family. She works long hours in the hot sun in a field close to Anjar, removing weeds from a parsley field or picking potatoes. She says that the work hurts her back, she gets regular headaches and there is no water provided. She and her sister don’t go to school; they work to support their seven sisters and two brothers. She only gets paid once a year. Photo credit: Louis Leeson / Save the Children, 2016.
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Seven-year-old Sara wears a colorful headband made from ribbon and paper hearts. They were distributed to students during Welcome Month, a basic education activity aimed at reducing dropout rates in government schools in Egypt. Photo credit: Victoria Zegler / Save the Children, October 2017.
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William, a father from Kenya, cradles one of his twin daughters and gives her a gentle kiss. William and his wife have successfully learned a lifesaving technique called Kangaroo Mother Care and are now the proud parents to very healthy twins. Photo credit: Peter Caton / Save the Children, March 2018.
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A Save the Children child protection officer, Bol Nyuol, holds a 6-year-old girl at her grandmother’s home in South Sudan. The girl and her brother have been living there since violence broke out in December 2013 and they became separated from their mother. Their grandmother says, "We have always been in war. My family has never known peace. My missing daughter was born in Ethiopia because of the war between the south and north of Sudan and now my grandchildren are experiencing war, too.” Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, November 22, 2015.
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An El Salvadorian father comforts his 12-year old son. The boy lost his older brother to gang violence and the family cannot return home as a result. Save the Children is gravely concerned about the treatment and well-being of children from Central America and Mexico who are in the custody of the United States government after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo credit: Tom Pilston / Save the Children, May 2017
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Bdai, Vietnamese mother of two, bends into a stream to fill a water bottle for her children. She lives in a rural highland community suffering the effects of drought. Her crops failed, food is scarce and expensive, and she cannot afford basics like medicine for her children. Save the Children has helped families like hers, by providing rice to feed the family for a month, and trucking in water to the hardest-hit communities. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, August 2016. Twelve-year-old Muneeba (rear) and nine-year-old Najma 9 (front) hold books on their way home from the library. Save the Children has provided a library-in-a-box for their village in Pakistan. Muneeba, started school late, so she was paired up with a reading buddy, Najma who Najma helps her to read as a part of Save the Children's Literacy Boost initiative. Photo credit: Asad Zaidi/Save the Children, April 2014. Young Bienvenu, a boy from Central African Republic, stands holding an umbrella in the rain. He was recently treated for malaria by a Save the Children medical team. He and his brother are living with an aunt in a small mud house after having to flee violence in their area. Struggling to make ends meet, the family received basic provisions and some financial assistance from Save the Children, and the children are being monitored for malnutrition. Photo credit: Sylvain Cherkaoui/ Cosmos/Save The Children, June 2015. Gillian, two, sits on a log amongst the debris where her village once stood. It was destroyed by typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in 2013. Many coastal villages were devastated by the storm, and debris blocking roads made access impossible. Save the Children was on the ground expanding operations to deliver life-saving aid and medical care across the Leyte province. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, November 2013.
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Bdai, Vietnamese mother of two, bends into a stream to fill a water bottle for her children. She lives in a rural highland community suffering the effects of drought. Her crops failed, food is scarce and expensive, and she cannot afford basics like medicine for her children. Save the Children has helped families like hers, by providing rice to feed the family for a month, and trucking in water to the hardest-hit communities. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, August 2016.
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Twelve-year-old Muneeba (rear) and nine-year-old Najma 9 (front) hold books on their way home from the library. Save the Children has provided a library-in-a-box for their village in Pakistan. Muneeba, started school late, so she was paired up with a reading buddy, Najma who Najma helps her to read as a part of Save the Children's Literacy Boost initiative. Photo credit: Asad Zaidi/Save the Children, April 2014.
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Young Bienvenu, a boy from Central African Republic, stands holding an umbrella in the rain. He was recently treated for malaria by a Save the Children medical team. He and his brother are living with an aunt in a small mud house after having to flee violence in their area. Struggling to make ends meet, the family received basic provisions and some financial assistance from Save the Children, and the children are being monitored for malnutrition. Photo credit: Sylvain Cherkaoui/ Cosmos/Save The Children, June 2015.
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Gillian, two, sits on a log amongst the debris where her village once stood. It was destroyed by typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in 2013. Many coastal villages were devastated by the storm, and debris blocking roads made access impossible. Save the Children was on the ground expanding operations to deliver life-saving aid and medical care across the Leyte province. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, November 2013.
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Bdai, Vietnamese mother of two, bends into a stream to fill a water bottle for her children. She lives in a rural highland community suffering the effects of drought. Her crops failed, food is scarce and expensive, and she cannot afford basics like medicine for her children. Save the Children has helped families like hers, by providing rice to feed the family for a month, and trucking in water to the hardest-hit communities. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, August 2016. HEALTH

Nearly 5.6 million children die each year due to preventable and treatable causes. Malnutrition contributes to the deaths of children and a lifetime of poor health. We are committed to providing health and nutrition programs that save children's lives and ensure they grow up healthy. LEARN MORE

Twelve-year-old Muneeba (rear) and nine-year-old Najma 9 (front) hold books on their way home from the library. Save the Children has provided a library-in-a-box for their village in Pakistan. Muneeba, started school late, so she was paired up with a reading buddy, Najma who Najma helps her to read as a part of Save the Children's Literacy Boost initiative. Photo credit: Asad Zaidi/Save the Children, April 2014. EDUCATION

Education is the road that children follow to reach their full potential in life, yet many children in need around the world do not get a quality education where they can learn and develop. Save the Children supports education programs for children in the classroom and at home. LEARN MORE

Young Bienvenu, a boy from Central African Republic, stands holding an umbrella in the rain. He was recently treated for malaria by a Save the Children medical team. He and his brother are living with an aunt in a small mud house after having to flee violence in their area. Struggling to make ends meet, the family received basic provisions and some financial assistance from Save the Children, and the children are being monitored for malnutrition. Photo credit: Sylvain Cherkaoui/ Cosmos/Save The Children, June 2015. PROTECTION

We protect children from abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence in all regions of the world. In the U.S., we provide critical services in the aftermath of disasters and emergencies. Our programs focus on the most vulnerable children while aiming for the safety and well-being of all children. LEARN MORE

Gillian, two, sits on a log amongst the debris where her village once stood. It was destroyed by typhoon Haiyan, which struck the Philippines in 2013. Many coastal villages were devastated by the storm, and debris blocking roads made access impossible. Save the Children was on the ground expanding operations to deliver life-saving aid and medical care across the Leyte province. Photo credit: Jonathan Hyams/Save the Children, November 2013. EMERGENCY

Our relief workers help protect boys and girls from harm, sickness and hunger. Our emergency reserves, the Children's Emergency Fund, help us respond during the critical first hours and days after a disaster strikes. In extreme emergencies, we will set up a dedicated fund for a massive disaster or major crisis. LEARN MORE






















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A 10-year old sponsored girl smiles from her desk in a classroom. She is part of Save the Children's refugee sponsorship program in Egypt and is one of four child ambassadors within the program. She and her family are Syrian refugees who fled their country in 2012 in hopes of a better life. Thanks to Save the Children's refugee sponsorship program, both short-term and longer-term needs of vulnerable refugee children and their families are addressed, including protection, education, health and livelihoods support, counseling and psychological support. Photo credit: Victoria Zegler / Save the Children, October 2017.

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